Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 2) or Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 3) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This role will be located in Melbourne, FL. 

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, modifying, and maintaining aircraft Crew & Equipment design configurations using current engineering practices and standards.

Key Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Crew Systems/Cockpit design and and/or Equipment Integration associated with one or more of the following areas:

  • Escape Systems

  • Transparencies and Canopies

  • Cockpit Furnishings, Interiors, and Lighting

  • Pilot Controls and Displays

  • Operator workstations, consoles, displays, and equipment racks

  • Aircraft Secondary Structure

• Overall cockpit and workstation layouts, including integration of human factor aspects

• Develop mockups, and simulators

• Perform trade studies, determine results and conclusions, and make recommendations

• Identify and Manage Risks, Issues and Opportunities

• Perform design related tasks utilizing the NX and Teamcenter tool suite, including integrating components into various types of aircraft applications, coordinating and collaborating with relevant stakeholder to ensure robust and maintainable configurations are produced, and applying GD&T requirements to models to ensure producibility and manufacturability of designs.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter, well-organized with good problem-solving skills, able to perform effectively despite concurrent work tasks and will possess strong communication, leadership, team coordination and mentoring skills.  The successful candidate will also thrive in an aircraft development design environment and be able to react and quickly adapt to changes in aircraft configuration.

Basic Qualifications:

This requisition may be filled at a Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 2) OR Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 3) level based on the qualifications below.

Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 2)

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 2 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related professional/military experience.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

• Experience with aircraft crew/cockpit design, interiors, or mission equipment/hardware integration

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software applications

Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer (Level 3)

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related professional/military experience.

• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.

• Experience with aircraft crew/cockpit design, interiors, or mission equipment/hardware integration

• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related discipline

• Familiarity with NX CAD software and Teamcenter PLM

• Familiarity with NX Human Modeling

• Experience with Cockpit flight controls, crew accommodations, mission systems and subsystems interfaces

• Familiarity with aircraft rack design, shock isolation, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment integration, and mission line replaceable unit (LRU) mounting/integration

• Familiarity with implementing design/integration considerations associated with size, weight, power, and cooling requirements for aircraft equipment

• Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures

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